Economic Distress SELECT NEIGHBORHOODS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 2016 edition In May, 2016, the FIU Metropolitan Center released the Miami-Dade County Prosperity Study.The study developed a broader Prosperity Initiatives Neighborhood Distress Index (PINDI) to analyze the communities within Miami-Dade where the prosperity gap is widest. Neighborhood distress is defined as a situation reflecting concentrated social and economic conditions which point toward lower living standards for residents. POPULATION BELOW POVERTY poverty trends POVERTY RATES BY NEIGHBORHOOD South Miami 12% Cutler Ridge 21% Neighborhoods in red West Grove 24% 21% are those that had an Miami Gardens 25% increase in poverty Golden Glades 28% from 2012 to 2016 North Miami 29% Little Haiti 32% Homestead 36% Allapattah 37% Little Havana 37% Overtown 39% Liberty City 42% Florida City 44% Neighborhoods with the highest percent Gladeview 45% change in poverty from 2012 to 2016 Neighborhoods with the highest Florida City concentration of children in poverty in 30% 2016 Overall, most neighborhoods within the spine of distress 16% 18% 18% Gladeview have poverty rates well above 34% Homestead Florida City Gladeview Miami-Dade County (20%). South Miami 73% INCOME AND UMEPLOYMENT TRENDS MEDIANMiami-Dade HOUSEHOLD12% INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT RATES Florida City $31,240 13% Overtown The median household income Overtown $30,707 for Miami-Dade County is 13% Florida City $44,224 Gladeview $23,481 13% Miami Gardens Allapattah $22,023 14% Little Haiti $21,618 The unemployment rate in 17% Gladeview Little Havana Miami-Dade County is 8.5% 21% Liberty City $21,418 17% Liberty City INCOME and Race 24% THE DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PREDOMINATELY BLACK (LIBERTY23% CITY, GLADEVIEW, AND LITTLE HAITI) AND HISPANIC (ALLAPATTAH, HOMESTEAD, AND LITTLE HAVANA) $46,690 POVERTY CONCENTRATIONS $41,520 Across all racial and ethnic groups, household incomes are lower in $33,704 distressed areas $24,883 $23,280 $23,854 $23,891 $22,527 $21,469 American American American White Hispanic White White Hispanic Black/African- Hispanic Black/African- Black/African- Gladeview Liberty City Miami-Dade County Neighborhoods within the spine of distress typically have lower median household incomes and higher poverty rates when compared to Miami-Dade County. However, greater racial and ethnic divides exist between incomes at the County level. Sources: 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Esri .